4117.24
Training and publications fund.

(A)
The training, publications, and
grants fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The state employment
relations board shall deposit into the training, publications, and grants fund
all moneys received from the following sources:

(1)
Payments received by the
state employment relations board for copies of
documents, rulebooks, and other publications;

(4)
Moneys received from grants,
donations, awards, bequests, gifts, reimbursements, and similar funds;

(5)
Reimbursement received for
professional services and expenses related to professional services;

(6)
Funds received to support the
development of labor relations services and programs ;

(7)
Moneys
received by the state personnel board of review pursuant to division (C) of
section 124.03 of the Revised Code.

(B)
The
state employment relations board shall use all moneys deposited into the
training, publications, and grants fund to defray all of the
following:

(1)
The
costs of furnishing and making available copies of documents, rulebooks, and
other publications;

(2)
The
costs of planning, organizing, and conducting training seminars;

(3)
The
costs associated with grant projects, innovative labor-management cooperation
programs, research projects related to these grants and programs, and the
advancement in professionalism of public sector relations;

(4)
The
professional development of state employment
relations board employees;

(6)
The cost of
producing the administrative record of the state personnel board of
review.

The
state employment relations board may seek,
solicit, apply for, receive, and accept grants, gifts, and contributions of
money, property, labor, and other things of value to be held for, used for, and
applied to only the purpose for which the grants, gifts, and contributions are
made, from individuals, private and public corporations, the United States or
any agency thereof, the state or any agency thereof, and any political
subdivision of the state, and may enter into any contract with any such public
or private source in connection therewith to be held for, used for, and applied
to only the purposes for which such grants are made and contracts are entered
into, all subject to and in accordance with the purposes of this chapter. Any
money received from the grants, gifts, contributions, or contracts shall be
deposited into the training, publications, and grants fund.